Eric-- It may not be so high in the local mag. field if the Li7 is lined up properly with the Ni nucleus.
The question remains, what is the mechanism that transfers mass energy to thermal energy at Mev levels without gammas? The paper on neutron hopping that Jones identified may help answer this question . I still think spin coupling is involved because of the small differential energy states associated with spin quanta. Bob Cook Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE SmartphoneTeslaalset <[email protected]> wrote:>>>Sample 2 was the fuel used to charge the E-Cat. It’s in the form of a very fine powder. Besides the analyzed elements it has been found that the fuel also contains rather high concentrations of C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, Mn and these are not found in the ash.>>> This indicates that also virgin powder was analyzed. This was not explicitly mentioned in TIP2, was it? On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: The isotopic shift observed is only a side effect of the real reaction that are taking place. From others LENR experiments one can suspect that hydrogen is the fuel and that Ni is just modified by whatever is in its vicinity. Do you remember all the internet ink was used to debate the copper ash in the nickel powder; now all that is for naught. The transmutation pattern is based on the geometry of the reactor. As that geometry changes so does the transmutation patterns. The analysis of transmutation was incomplete and much of the many reactions were missed. For example from page 53... Sample 2 was the fuel used to charge the E-Cat. It’s in the form of a very fine powder. Besides the analyzed elements it has been found that the fuel also contains rather high concentrations of C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, Mn and these are not found in the ash. And there was transmutation of aluminum. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Li7 + Ni58 => Ni59 + Li6 + 1.75 MeV Li7 + Ni59 => Ni60 + Li6 + 4.14 MeV Li7 + Ni60 => Ni61 + Li6 + 0.57 MeV Li7 + Ni61 => Ni62 + Li6 + 3.34 MeV Li7 + Ni62 => Ni63 + Li6 - 0.41 MeV (Endothermic!) This series stops at Ni62, hence all isotopes of Ni less than 62 are depleted and Ni62 is strongly enriched. This is very nice. I've been too attached to deuterium. In this particular instance, deuterium reactions above 62Ni would be exothermic: 62Ni + n → 63Ni + p + Q (5.1 MeV) 63Ni + n → 64Ni + p + Q (7.9 MeV) Since neither 62Ni nor 63Ni were seen in significant quantities in the ash, I think we can rule deuterium out for this particular test. Note that while 64Ni(7Li,6Li)65Ni is also endothermic, 63Ni(7Li,6Li)64Ni is exothermic. Since 63Ni is not found in nature, however, and since it won't be coming from the 62Ni(7Li,6Li)63Ni reaction, none will arise unless there is deuterium in the mix. It all feels a little precarious, because if you get any 64Ni, you can get penetrating radiation from deexcitation gammas from inelastic collisions. To add to your thought about the kinetic energy of the daughter 6Li being relatively low, for the maximum Q value in your list above, there would be 4.14 MeV / 6 nucleons = 690 keV per nucleon, which seems manageable. I will nominate you for the Vortex Nobel Prize for your insight about neutron stripping from lithium. Two questions I have: Why use hydrogen at all if the reaction can be sustained with lithium? What is the amount of force that would be needed to bring a 7Li to within a sufficient distance of a nickel nucleus for stripping to occur? It seems like it would be high. Eric
